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Cleveland Clinic cancer researchers receive $2.4 million grant from NIH NHLBI

The National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute has awarded a $2.4 million grant over four years to Cleveland Clinic cancer researchers Jaroslaw Maciejewski, M.D., and Richard Padgett, Ph.D., to test the hypothesis that alterations in the pattern of splicing of target genes play a major role in the establishment or progression of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS).

14 Oct 2016

Swedish researchers develop new, low-cost method to examine individual leukemia cells

Leukemia is a disease in which each cell can exhibit different genetic traits, and now Swedish researchers have found a cheap way to examine the individual cells. Reported in Nature Communications, the breakthrough could transform leukemia treatment.

14 Oct 2016

Knowingly taking placebo pills can help alleviate chronic back pain, study finds

Conventional medical wisdom has long held that placebo effects depend on patients' belief they are getting pharmacologically active medication.

14 Oct 2016

PCL Alverno to highlight successful partnership with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics at Lab Quality Confab 2016

PCL Alverno (Hammond, Ind.), recipient of the prestigious ADVANCE Laboratory of the Year award for 2016, will share its strategies for implementing a culture of continuous improvement and lab efficiency at the 10th Anniversary Lab Quality Confab, held October 18-19, 2016, in New Orleans.

From Beckman Coulter Diagnostics 14 Oct 2016

Discovery of neuropilin 2 deficiency may lead to new therapies for edema and lymphedema

Fluid accumulation and swelling (edema) may result from the malfunctioning of regulatory processes controlling vessel permeability in the body.

14 Oct 2016

Contaminated devices used during open heart surgery could put patients at risk for infections

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning healthcare providers and patients about the potential risk of infection from certain devices used during open heart (open-chest) surgery.

13 Oct 2016

UTA investigators use advanced computational approach to assess learning difficulties in children

University of Texas at Arlington researchers are using an advanced computational approach or artificial intelligence to help experts assess learning difficulties in children very early in their lives.

13 Oct 2016

Wayne State receives NIH funding to develop interventions for better asthma management in youth

A team of researchers led by Richard Slatcher, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wayne State University, has been awarded $2.74 million from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health for a project that aims to improve asthma management in youth.

13 Oct 2016

Global pregnancy and obstetrics researchers to work together on health opportunities in China

A new project that will twin the expertise of pregnancy and obstetrics researchers across the world with their counterparts in China has been announced with funding from the Chinese government.

13 Oct 2016

Snus use linked to increased risk of premature death among prostate cancer patients

The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from their disease, and the risk that they'll die prematurely from any cause, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

13 Oct 2016

IPC PAS researchers develop new polymer that may detect early stages of kidney disease

The advanced phase of acute kidney injury can be fatal in even one in two patients. Fortunately, now it will be possible to detect the disease in its initial stages, when treatment is still relatively simple and the prognosis good.

13 Oct 2016

High folate intake may increase risk of peripheral neuropathy in older adults with common gene variant

Consuming too much folate (vitamin B9) is associated with increased risk for a nerve-damage disorder in older adults who have a common genetic variant.

12 Oct 2016

Genome engineering-based methods pave way for new treatment of patients with sickle cell disease

A team of physicians and laboratory scientists has taken a key step toward a cure for sickle cell disease, using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing to fix the mutated gene responsible for the disease in stem cells from the blood of affected patients.

12 Oct 2016

Measuring the activity of a mouse brain from a single snapshot

Drs Nicolas Renier and Zhuhao Wu are post-doctoral fellows in the laboratory of Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Carson Family Professor and head of the Laboratory of Brain Development and Repair and President of Rockefeller University in New York. Over recent years, they have co-developed methodologies for new imaging techniques applying light sheet microscopy. Their latest work shows the study of neuronal activity in intact brains.

12 Oct 2016

Laboratory News and Research

Cleveland Clinic cancer researchers receive $2.4 million grant from NIH NHLBI

Swedish researchers develop new, low-cost method to examine individual leukemia cells

Knowingly taking placebo pills can help alleviate chronic back pain, study finds

PCL Alverno to highlight successful partnership with Beckman Coulter Diagnostics at Lab Quality Confab 2016

Discovery of neuropilin 2 deficiency may lead to new therapies for edema and lymphedema

Contaminated devices used during open heart surgery could put patients at risk for infections

UTA investigators use advanced computational approach to assess learning difficulties in children

Wayne State receives NIH funding to develop interventions for better asthma management in youth

Global pregnancy and obstetrics researchers to work together on health opportunities in China

Snus use linked to increased risk of premature death among prostate cancer patients

IPC PAS researchers develop new polymer that may detect early stages of kidney disease

High folate intake may increase risk of peripheral neuropathy in older adults with common gene variant

Genome engineering-based methods pave way for new treatment of patients with sickle cell disease

Measuring the activity of a mouse brain from a single snapshot

Research findings provide new avenues to target virus infection

Novel microwave-induced photodynamic therapy could target deeply situated tumors

New image analysis technique helps better identify and distinguish between two cancer cell types

Research on naked mole-rats could pave way for new human pain therapies

Biomedical researchers develop new RNA ligase for laboratory use

New study shows ways to expand therapeutic potential of hMSCs

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